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As of Jan 5, 1998Quotations are based on prices reported in the market or obtained from supp

void Florida this month if dealing with standards and conformity assessment isn't your idea of how

The U.S. Commerce Department said last week that it issued rules relaxing U.S. export limits on data

Here are the key findings in the Urban Institute's pilot study, ''Testing for Discrimination in Home

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The dry cargo and tanker fixtures listed herewith and compiled in London and New York, include the f

The Japanese yen nudged the euro out of the spotlight Tuesday, bullying its way to a 28-month high a

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A federal appeals court upheld key portions of a lower court ruling that found the Surface Transport

Final talks are scheduled for today on the long-awaited deepening of the major channel into the Port

Strike talk at a Ford Motor Co. plant in Sao Paulo gained momentum this week as nearly 2,800 workers

PennCorp Financial Group Inc. has sold its Career Sales division and the Professional Insurance Co.

With the fish factories shuttered and the one-note economy in shambles, the Russians on these stormy

India's largest car maker, Maruti Udyog Ltd., launched a co-branded credit card on Tuesday in associ

Although Canada's hottest housing markets cooled off somewhat in the second half of 1998, most regio

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The investment arm of the World Bank is investing $31 million in a $70 million expansion project at

As part of a careful compromise, the Clinton administration will allow some food sales to Cuba but w

Freight transportation stocks ended a disappointing year with a broad rally last week.Each o

India and Nepal on Tuesday renewed the transit treaty allowing land-locked Nepal transit facilities

American chemical giant E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co. is a leading candidate to buy a strategic stak

Jan. 4, 1999U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f.o

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Monday at 193.82 up 2.60 whi

House Banking Chairman James Leach, R-Iowa, on Wednesday plans to introduce his new version of finan

703 (Jan. 5, 1999) Previous - 707The Baltic Exchange in London on Tuesdays and Thursdays pu

Jan. 5, 1999Baltic international Freight Futures Market Prev.Close High

Two Bangladesh associations are preparing to oust the owners of 319 apparel and knitwear factories.<

Panamanian President Ernesto Perez Balladares late Monday named economist Fernando Aramburu to head

Kazakstan will temporarily ban imports of some Russian foodstuffs to protect domestic producers hurt

President B.J. Habibie Tuesday unveiled a new state budget for Indonesia that indicates a decrease i

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Emery Worldwide will expand its guaranteed delivery service Monday, adding cities and time frames to

A scathing report on the Department of Transportation's safety oversight at the U.S.-Mexico border r

Jan. 5, 1999Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent p

Commercial QuantityAluminum ingots_ $1,500-$1,600 per ton lo

Britain's Imperial Chemical Industries PLC has called off the sale of its white pigments business to

NORTH AMERICACanadian International Farm Equipment Show. Jan. 19-22. Toronto, Canada. Contac

hina is determined to stimulate consumer demand in 1999.That should be sweet music for fo